74.6Ofthecitedtwi s,w6icbworldlytbingtbrisgto theirowners. hope ofrifingand reuiuinglefr,feeing theyhauehad fo deep a downefall,from fo loftie andhigh aflanding. And as they hazardvs tobefpoiledofourlines and liberties by opene- nemies; fo theymuch more endanger vs to more fecret and pernicious foes, pleating parafites, and fmoothing fatte- rers;cchofefpeeches deliuered by falfhood, and receiucd with felfe-loue,tend to the robbingvs ofall vertue, and fpi- rituali grace, and to thevirer defirut4ion both of ourfouler andbodies; for it is this honie ofworldly profperity which inticeth thefe hungrie flies to come vnro vs; which whilefl they fucke, theydefile vs with their flatteries, and emptievs ofall good, that theymay fill their ownebellies §.Set!.tq. Whereby it appeareth, that thefe worldly things which That honours men fo fondly affcEt, doe not free them fromdangers, but are accompani. rather expofe them to innumerable perilsboth open andvi- edwithmany oient,and fuck alfo as are trecherous and lècret; which wee danger. jhall yet more plainelydifcerne ifwee confider fome parti- culars. For who feeth not that thole who are aduanced to the highell pitch of honours, are daily indangered to the In ;maquiia- greatef& downefals? and whereasthey who Rand on the eet,nen ex alto plaine ground, are not likely to fall ; or ifthey doe, fuflaine cadit. nohurt; they who are caried to thotop of the high pinacle of Preferment, cannot falle their footing, but they are in- dangered by a grieuous fall to bee mortally bruifed.Vnto which they are daily fubie6f, both through hatred which menbeate to their perfons,and for their loue to their places and preferments; for ouertopping all their inferiours with fleme pride, andby their commanding and oucrruling po- wer forcing in them awefullrefpe&; by being thusferuilely feared, they alto find caufe of fearing, hauing endangered themfeluesto all whom they hauewronged by pride,tyran- NxUMtimex- ,nie, and i /iuflict,whowatchbutforaday,and fit opporte- diatrulireau- nitieofpra&&i fine, cruel reuengc. Or ifthey hauenoquarrel fns ec.c poi. to theirperlons, yet theloue which they beare to their ho- Senec.epi(t. p y 54. pourable preferments, maketh them willing, and ready to fitpplant and ouerthrow them, when as they conceiuebut the leaf+hope ofrifingby their fall. In refpeEtwhereof they whoareaduanced to thefe highplaces are fitlycompared to thole, t,
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